diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 69ea0e060..aca1591b7 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ const config = {
   PINNED_URI_2: process.env.PINNED_URI_2,
   PINNED_LABEL_2: process.env.PINNED_LABEL_2,
   KNOWN_APP_DOMAINS: process.env.KNOWN_APP_DOMAINS ? process.env.KNOWN_APP_DOMAINS.split(',') : [],
-  CHANNEL_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK: process.env.CHANNEL_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK,
-  STREAM_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK: process.env.STREAM_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK,
+  THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK: process.env.THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK,
 };
 
 config.URL_LOCAL = `http://localhost:${config.WEB_SERVER_PORT}`;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c78c543c2..e7414cc5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@
     "electron-updater": "^4.2.4",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "if-env": "^1.0.4",
-    "remove-markdown": "^0.3.0",
-    "react-image": "^4.0.3",
-    "remark-breaks": "^2.0.1",
+	"remark-breaks": "^2.0.1",
+	"remove-markdown": "^0.3.0",
     "tempy": "^0.6.0",
     "videojs-logo": "^2.1.4"
   },
diff --git a/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx b/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx
index 00e0173bb..cd6b6d8d9 100644
--- a/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 import type { Node } from 'react';
 import React, { useEffect, forwardRef } from 'react';
 import { NavLink, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { useImage } from 'react-image';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
-import { CHANNEL_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK, STREAM_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK, SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
+import { SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
 import { parseURI, convertToShareLink } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { openCopyLinkMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
 import { formatLbryUrlForWeb } from 'util/url';
@@ -189,11 +188,6 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
   // Weird placement warning
   // Make sure this happens after we figure out if this claim needs to be hidden
   const thumbnailUrl = useGetThumbnail(contentUri, claim, streamingUrl, getFile, shouldHide);
-  const isStream = claim && claim.value_type === 'stream';
-  const { src: thumbnailUrlWithFallback } = useImage({
-    srcList: [thumbnailUrl, isStream ? STREAM_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK : CHANNEL_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK],
-    useSuspense: false,
-  });
 
   function handleContextMenu(e) {
     // @if TARGET='app'
@@ -288,7 +282,7 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
           <>
             {!pending ? (
               <NavLink {...navLinkProps}>
-                <FileThumbnail thumbnail={thumbnailUrlWithFallback}>
+                <FileThumbnail thumbnail={thumbnailUrl}>
                   {/* @if TARGET='app' */}
                   {claim && (
                     <div className="claim-preview__hover-actions">
@@ -304,7 +298,7 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
                 </FileThumbnail>
               </NavLink>
             ) : (
-              <FileThumbnail thumbnail={thumbnailUrlWithFallback} />
+              <FileThumbnail thumbnail={thumbnailUrl} />
             )}
           </>
         )}
diff --git a/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx b/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx
index 8ee1d4c5e..e5fd1b18e 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import type { Node } from 'react';
 import { getThumbnailCdnUrl } from 'util/thumbnail';
 import React from 'react';
+import { THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK } from 'config';
 import FreezeframeWrapper from './FreezeframeWrapper';
 import Placeholder from './placeholder.png';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ type Props = {
   claim: ?StreamClaim,
   doResolveUri: string => void,
   className?: string,
+  fallbackThumbnail?: string,
 };
 
 function FileThumbnail(props: Props) {
-  const { claim, uri, doResolveUri, thumbnail: rawThumbnail, children, allowGifs = false, className } = props;
+  const { claim, uri, doResolveUri, thumbnail: rawThumbnail, children, allowGifs = false, className, fallbackThumbnail = THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK } = props;
   const passedThumbnail = rawThumbnail && rawThumbnail.trim().replace(/^http:\/\//i, 'https://');
   const thumbnailFromClaim =
     uri && claim && claim.value && claim.value.thumbnail ? claim.value.thumbnail.url : undefined;
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ function FileThumbnail(props: Props) {
 
   return (
     <div
-      style={{ backgroundImage: `url('${cleanUrl}')` }}
+      style={{ backgroundImage: `url('${cleanUrl}'), url('${fallbackThumbnail}')` }}
       className={classnames('media__thumb', className, {
         'media__thumb--resolving': !hasResolvedClaim,
       })}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7f296e9e1..6d5569fa4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9201,11 +9201,6 @@ react-hot-loader@^4.11.1:
     shallowequal "^1.1.0"
     source-map "^0.7.3"
 
-react-image@^4.0.3:
-  version "4.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-image/-/react-image-4.0.3.tgz#6fa722877660b67295298a914bff1ed87ad2cf83"
-  integrity sha512-19MUK9u1qaw9xys8XEsVkSpVhHctEBUeYFvrLTe1PN+4w5Co13AN2WA7xtBshPM6SthsOj77SlDrEAeOaJpf7g==
-
 react-is@^16.6.0, react-is@^16.7.0, react-is@^16.8.1, react-is@^16.8.2:
   version "16.13.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-is/-/react-is-16.13.0.tgz#0f37c3613c34fe6b37cd7f763a0d6293ab15c527"